Enjoining and Sanction

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Enjoining noun - The act of ordering that something not be done or used.

Usage example: the enjoining of the use of all tobacco products by the director of the baseball camp

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Sanction is an antonym for enjoining.

Nearby Word: enjoined

Sanction noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.

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Enjoining is an antonym for sanction.

Nearby Words: sanctioned, sanctity, sanctioning

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